How do I audit a Windows service?

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How do I audit a Windows service?
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Windows Service Auditor is a portable utility for performing advanced auditing and probing of Windows Event Logs, allowing in-depth investigation of critical services.

Windows Service Auditor is designed with an intuitive interface providing a straightforward option to delve into your machine's services. It will help you drill down and figure out the culprit that is causing your essential Windows Services issues. Microsoft has tools designed to assist with this, like the Event Viewer or audit pool, but they may be tricky to use and have better documentation.

Windows Service Auditor allows you to focus on the investigation rather than on how-to utilize, making it an efficient app for user skill level.

Unfortunately, the majority of the service events will not show the account that performed the specific operation. This fact is due to Windows not keeping track of user information by default. You must enable advanced security auditing to capture that level of detail.

Windows Service Auditor can get to the bottom of some common questions like:

  • Who stopped my Windows Service?
  • When was my service started?
  • Who deleted my service?
  • At what time did my service start?
  • Did my service encounter any errors after it was started?

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    Operating Systems Windows 2016 and 10
    Windows Server 2019 and 2022
    Category
     • Subcategory
    System
     • Security System Extension
    Type Success
    Corresponding events
    in Windows 2003
    and before
    601  

    4697: A service was installed in the system

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    A new service was installed by the user indicated in the subject.  Subject often identifies the local system (SYSTEM) for services installed as part of native Windows components and therefore you can't determine who actually initiated the installation.

    This is a key change control event as new services are significant extensions of the software running on a server and the roles it performs.

    This event is no longer generated on Windows Server 2012r2 and earlier.  The minimum OS version is Server 2016 or Windows 10.

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    Description Fields in 4697

    Subject:

    The user and logon session that performed the action.

    • Security ID:  The SID of the account.
    • Account Name: The account logon name.
    • Account Domain: The domain or - in the case of local accounts - computer name.
    • Logon ID is a semi-unique (unique between reboots) number that identifies the logon session.  Logon ID allows you to correlate backwards to the logon event (4624) as well as with other events logged during the same logon session.

    Service Information:

    • Service Name: the internal system name of the new service.Use "sc query" to get a cross reference of service names and their more familiar display names. Service Name: The short system name of the serviceSerfice File Name:  Executable and parameters used to start the serviceService Type:
      Service Type   Description
      0x1 SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER Driver service
      0x2 SERVICE_FILE_SYSTEM_DRIVER File system driver service
      0x4 SERVICE_ADAPTER Reserved
      0x8 SERVICE_RECOGNIZER_DRIVER Reserved
      0x10 SERVICE_WIN32_OWN_PROCESS Service that runs in its own process
      0x20 SERVICE_WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS Service that shares a process with one or more other services
      0x110 SERVICE_INTERACTIVE_PROCESS
      SERVICE_WIN32_OWN_PROCESS
      Same as 0x10 but allowed to interact with desktop
      0x120 SERVICE_INTERACTIVE_PROCESS
      SERVICE_WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS
      Same as 0x20 but allowed to interact with desktop
    • Service Start Type:
      0 SERVICE_BOOT_START A device driver started by the system loader. This value is valid only for driver services
      1 SERVICE_SYSTEM_START A device driver started by the IoInitSystem function. This value is valid only for driver services
      2 SERVICE_AUTO_START A service started automatically by the service control manager during system startup
      3 SERVICE_DEMAND_START Manual startup
      4 SERVICE_DISABLED Disabled service
    • Service Account: this is the account that the service runs under. While this event only monitors new services, you can audit existing service related events such as starts, stops and modifications with the Object Access category. To enable auditing on a service you can use a Security Template or the subinacl (resource kit) command.

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    How do I audit a Windows server?

    Navigate Windows Explorer to the file you want to monitor..
    Right-click on the target folder/file, and select Properties..
    Security → Advanced..
    Select the Auditing tab..
    Click Add..
    Select the Principal you want to give audit permissions to..
    In the Auditing Entry dialog box, select the types of access you want to audit..

    Does Windows have an audit log?

    The security log records each event as defined by the audit policies you set on each object. Open Event Viewer. In the console tree, expand Windows Logs, and then click Security. The results pane lists individual security events.

    Does Windows have an audit trail?

    With the Windows 10 auditing feature enabled and your audit policy set, you can start looking at recorded events. To find the security event log, open Event Viewer.

    How do you check who restarted a service in Windows?

    To quickly and easily identify who restarted Windows Server follow these simple steps:.
    Login to Windows Server..
    Launch the Event Viewer (type eventvwr in run)..
    In the event viewer console expand Windows Logs..
    Click System and in the right pane click Filter Current Log..